Architectural Control Commission

APPROVED 1 MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMISSION 2 VILLAGE OF NORTHBROOK 3 COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 4 JULY 9, 2015 5 6 Commissioners Present (7) 7 Alan Schwall, Chairman 8 Robert Katz 9 F. Dirk Heidbrink 10 David Menn 11 Cliff Town 12 Lori Jordison 13 Christopher Urbanczyk 14 15 Village Staff Present 16 Thomas Poupard, DPS Director 17 David Schoon, Assistant Director 18 19 Call to Order 20 Chairman Schwall called the meeting to order in the Terrace Room of Village Hall, 1225 Cedar Lane, at 21 5:35 p.m. 22 23 Roll Call 24 Roll was established. There was a quorum. 25 26 Review of Minutes 27 Commissioner Menn moved, seconded by Commissioner Jordison to approve the June meeting minutes 28 with one correction – that on page 2, Line 9, the motion was seconded by Member Menn. On a voice 29 vote, there were all ayes, and the motion was unanimously approved. 30 31 Public Comments Regarding Items Not on the Agenda 32 None. 33 34 780 Skokie – Kriser’s Wall Sign 35 Assistant Director Schoon briefed the Commission on the sign height discrepancy that had been 36 identified by staff on the rear of the building with Zengeler’s Cleaners, Noodles & Company and 37 Chipotle. The signs were to be at the same height and they are not. The developer is going to correct 38 the situation so they are properly aligned. Mr. Schoon then introduced William Holley of Bright Light 39 Sign Co. who was present on behalf of Kriser’s. Mr. Holley explained the color palette proposed. 40 Member Katz made a motion to approve the sign as presented. The motion was seconded by member 41 Menn. On voice vote the motion carried unanimously. 42 Update on Various Development Proposals Likely Coming to the ACC in the Near Future 43 Director Poupard advised the Commission that a number of Plan Commission matters will likely be 44 coming to the ACC very soon. He noted that Anets Woods SF Planned Development (Voltz & 1  APPROVED 1 Waukegan), the 1000 Skokie Boulevard Mixed Use project and Shermer Road Townhouses Planned 2 Development are all under review. Several of these may come to the ACC as early as next month. 3 Recent Policy Changes at IDPH Regarding Local Plumbing Amendments 4 Director Poupard advised the Commission that the Illinois Department of Public Health has recently 5 reversed their prior position on local amendments to the plumbing code. He said that the Village staff 6 will now be looking to amend the recently adopted building code to prohibit a number of inferior 7 products allowed by the base State Plumbing Code. 8 New Single Family Home Elevations: 9 The ACC reviewed the information on the new single family home elevations for the following: 10 1. 2146 Ash Lane (R-5 District), Dima architects 11 2. 1455 Coral Parkway (R-4 District), Daniel Lesus, architect 12 3. 2199 Farnsworth Lane (R-4 District), Jack Oblazia & Associates, architects 13 4. 1441 Pfingsten Road, (R-4 District), Mosghan & Associates, architects 14 5. 1936 Redwood Lane (R-5 District), William Brown, architect 15 6. 2144 Woodlawn Road (R-4 District, Mark Golan, architect 16 A motion was made by Member Menn, seconded by Member Town to approve these single-family 17 home elevations as presented. On a voice vote, the motion passed with Member Katz abstaining. 18 19 New Business 20 Director Poupard briefed the Commission on the recent discussions with contractors regarding drain tile 21 inspections and the possibility of requiring a different type of foundation drain system when a 22 residential basement is particularly deep. 23 24 Old Business 25 None 26 27 Adjourn 28 There being no further business, Commissioner Menn moved, seconded by Commissioner Jordison, to 29 adjourn the meeting. On a voice vote, the motion unanimously carried and the meeting adjourned at 30 6:15 pm. 31 32 Respectfully submitted, 33 34 35 Thomas Poupard 36 Acting Recorder 2